Ticket-punch



UNITED STATES MARION F. MOGG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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TICKET-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,099, dated September 16, 1884.

Application filed July 19, 1884. (No modcL') To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION F. MOGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Punch, of which the following is a specificatiomreference being had to the accompanying drawwas.

My invention relates to ticket-punches designed for use upon what are known as commutation-tickets, wherein a series of coupons are attached to the body of the ticket, and where one of said coupons is to be detached or removed for each trip. Heretofore, with the old style of punch, where the ticket was punched a certain number of times, the clippings were frequently replaced, thus deceivobliged to count the number of times the ticket had been punched to determine whether or not the number of trips to which the passengerwas entitled had been taken.

My invention has for its object to remedy these defects and to provide a punch with a die or dies of improved construction, whereby the coupon is removed entire; and, further,to s0 construct the punch that it will be impossible to remove but one coupon at a time, thus rendering it impossible to in any way injure the other coupons by a mispunch.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction of dies,and in other details of construction to carry out the above-recited objects, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ticket-punch constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the stop to prevent the entrance' of the ticket farther than the proper point. Fig. 4 is a View of the ticket in connection with which my improved punch is to be used, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cutting-die.

In the accompanying drawings, in'which like letters of reference indicate correspond. ing parts in all the figures, A represents the punch, which consists of the body portion B, terminating at its rear end in a handle or lever, a. The body portion B is provided on its front end face with ahorizontal slot or slit, b,

which ez'rtends a short distance toward the rear end of the body portion a sufficient distance to allow of the cutting or punching of the coupon. One of the sides of this slot is closed, as shown at c, to limit the insertion or passage of the ticket farther than the desired point-namely, the width ofone of the coupons of the ticket. It will thus be seen that in removing a coupon for a ride the adjacent coupon will not be injured or cut. opening or passage, 0, is provided, which extends vertically through the body portion of the punch, near the forward end thereof. In this rectangular opening is seatedthe female die, which is slightly smaller than the met angular opening, and is provided with cuttingedges. The die is so located that its under face is adjacent to the upper side of the horizontal slot in which the ticket is inserted.

The forward or front end of the female die75 E represents the male die, which'is provided with a vertical opening, 71, ,to receive the lever B, said lever being provided with an elongated slot for the passage of a pin pivoting said die and lever. It will be seen that by providing the lever B with an elongated slot a free and 0 easy motion or movement is allowed the same when depressed. A flat spring is secured to the handle a of the body portion B, its other or free end bearing upon the under side of the lever D within the vertical slot or opening f. 5

The operation is as follows: The coupons are, as shown, arranged to run from right to left, coupon N o. 1 being in the lower left-hand corner, while, say, coupon No. 10 is located in the lower right-hand corner. the case, the lower right-hand corner of the ticket is inserted between, or, more properly,

Arectangular 65 This being within, the horizontal slot of the body portion, the closed side of said slot limiting the movement of the ticket farther than the point re quired to remove coupon No. .10, and, as the dies are provided with distinguishing-marks, a corresponding mark is left upon the body of the ticket, thus denoting what conductor last punched or removed a coupon. It will be seen that should a passenger protest that his ticket had been punched it would only be necessary for the conductor to examine the same, when it would be readily apparent whether or not it had been punched by him; but if the last coupon had been removed by another conductor his mark would be left upon the ticket, so that it would be plainly evident that the person had not had a coupon removed for the trip he was enjoying.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the body portion having aslit or opening, I), closed on one of its sides, and having a rectangular opening, of a lever pivoted in a slot of said body portion and carrying a punching-die, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the lever D, of a die having recess h to fit over said lever, and a pin for pivotally securing said die and lever, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the body portion having a rectangular opening, and provided with a horizontal slit for the insertion of the ticket, one of the sides of said slot being closed, of a die rectangular in form, having a recess, h, and a pin pivotally connecting said die and lever, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARION F. MOGG.

Witnesses:

J AMES I. RooT, ORsoN H. BRooKn. 

